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Old 3rd May 2000 | 03:38
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FBW et al,

May I respectfully suggest that you DON'T turn the transponder to SBY when changing squawk.

In modern ATC centre's, selection of SBY will remove your target/data from the screen until the computer has a few sweeps to fit you back into the system. It will continue to track a "live" transponder while the numbers alter in a sort of 'memory' mode while the squawk changes to look for a new number and database reference.

Thus, if the centre is not one which processes raw data [and few do these days outside a TMA], you can very inconveniently disappear off the screen on selection of SBY.

Is that what you or the ATCO looking after your interests really want??

G'day